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Border security and the drug war: Corruption mounts, resources stretched

Here are several interesting items I noticed this morning related to the drug war and the politics of border enforcement:AP: Border corruption on the riseThe Associated Press says law-enforcement corruption on the US side is increasing. Said Mexican President Felipe Calderon:"To get drugs into the United States the one you need to corrupt is the American authority, the American customs, the American police ? not the Mexican. And that's a subject, by the way, which hasn't been addressed with sincerity," the Mexican president said. "I'm waging my battle against corruption among Mexican authorities and we're risking everything to clean our house, but I think there also needs to be a good cleaning on the other side of the border."MexiData on Juarez enforcersSylvia Longmire at MexiData has an informative piece on Los Linces, the secretive enforcement group associated with the Juarez Cartel that's dominated by ex-Mexican military...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).